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News From Tuesday, June 21, 2011
11:19:44 PM Dairy Farmer Copes with Severe Drought
13wmaz - GA,USA

State climatologist, David Stooksbury, says this spring featured the hottest high temperatures on record dating back to 1948. It's also the 6th driest spring we've seen, with rainfall more than 4 inches below normal. One Jones County farmer says the  [more]

10:59:38 PM Goracle Wants Video Game Makers To Work In Some Global Warming Propaganda…
Deviant?…

(The Escapist) — Video games have an unrivalled ability to entertain, but they can also provide valuable tools in making the world a better place, according to former Vice President Al Gore. In a recent speech at New York University, Gore, ... [more]

9:09:31 PM NASA Must Release Records For Tax Funded Global Warming Activist
Town Hall

This money comes on top of and, more troubling, is all "related to" and is sometimes even expressly for his taxpayer-funded employment, which commenced when Hansen stepped up his "global warming" activism from his NASA perch. On January 19, ATI filed [more]

9:02:24 PM No evidence linking climate change with extreme weather
Ct Post

Recently, Yale Environment 360 asked the following question to eight prominent climatologists: "Do you think there is growing evidence that human-caused global warming is contributing to an increased incidence of extreme weather? ... [more]

8:58:16 PM Seems like a lot of rain in Des Moines? Let's put it in perspective
DesMoinesRegister.com

State Climatologist Harry Hillaker says that's not entirely true. While it's been a moist year statewide, the portion collecting the most rain water has been in sort of a triangle from Mt. Ayr to Burlington to Des Moines and back to Mt. Ayr. ... [more]

7:41:05 PM Tobacco region taps its wine potential
Brantford Expositor - Brantford,Canada

In a speech, Tony Shaw, a Brock University professor of climatology who has worked with the association, said the southwestern Ontario sand plains area is a ... [more]

7:06:31 PM The truth about polar bears and climate change
Mongabay.com - USA

Mongabay: Polar bears have become a symbol of global climate change. How does your article compliment/differ from other coverage on the polar bear's predicament? Susan McGrath: The story benefited from tremendous input from top polar bear scientists, [more]

7:02:52 PM Heat, cold, flooding, drought greet U.S. summer solstice
Bellingham Herald - Bellingham,WA,USA

Macon, Georgia: Climatologist says spring was hottest on record for Macon State climatologist David Stooksbury of the University of Georgia said Monday that in the 63 years of data he has at his disposal, the average high temperatures in the spring o [more]

6:53:19 PM Heat Will Kill More Than Cold in Europe Eventually
ABC News - United States

By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study says one of the few benefits of global warming — fewer deaths from the combination of extreme heat and cold — may eventually melt away in Europe. For years, scientists figured that with global warming  [more]

6:53:19 PM Lab-grown meat: A solution to global warming?
The Week Magazine

Let the "global warming alarmists" eat their lab experiments; I'll stick to "the natural way of getting my meat, either through hunting or slaughter." Well, compared to a new Japanese meat alternative made from human feces, "lab grown meat sounds muc [more]

5:42:53 PM Space weather: Basic information for understanding solar strike risk
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Current space weather forecasts are statistically-based on relationships of past solar activity and related phenomena (space weather climatology). ... [more]

5:10:31 PM Study says a benefit of warming _ fewer temperature-related deaths _ to
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

Washington Post By AP, WASHINGTON — A new study says one of the few benefits of global warming may eventually melt away in Europe. For years, scientists figured that there are fewer deaths from the combination of extreme hot and cold temperatures. .. [more]

5:10:31 PM Court throws out silly suit on global warming
The Gloucester County Times - Woodbury,NJ,USA

By Paul Mulshine/The Star Ledger The US Supreme Court has unanimously thrown out a rather ridiculous tort action brought by eight states seeking to get the court in the business of regulating greenhouse gas emissions. Here's a good piece from the ... [more]

4:44:56 PM Cotton Rises for Third Day on Texas Drought; Orange Juice Slips
Bloomberg

Texas is not expected to receive any significant rainfall for at least two more weeks, according to AccuWeather Inc. The October-through-May period was the state's driest since record- keeping began in 1895, according to Texas State Climatologist Joh [more]

4:27:44 PM Al Gore-“Games have clearly arrived as a mass medium”
Lazygamer

The former American Vice president and global climate change activist was speaking at the Games for Change Conference in New York City on Monday, citing the potential that the gaming industry now has on consumers. Delivering the keynote speech, ... [more]

3:35:37 PM How politicians intimidate global warming scientists
Washington Post - Washington,DC,USA

By Raymond S. Bradley About this blog: Politics and science make for a dangerous brew, Raymond S. Bradley reveals in his book “Global Warming and Political Intimidation: How Politicians Cracked Down on Scientists as the Earth Heated Up,” to be releas [more]

3:35:37 PM WALTHAM FOREST: Global warming 'could worsen floods' in the borough
This is Local London - UK

By Daniel Binns » MORE than 32000 homes in Waltham Forest are potentially at risk of flooding and global warming could increase the likelihood of incidents, a new report has warned. The study, which was commissioned by the council, says the borough h [more]

2:47:04 PM Marine life facing mass extinction
CNN International - Atlanta,GA,USA

London (CNN) -- Marine life is under severe threat from global warming, pollution and habitat loss, with a high risk of "major extinctions" according to a panel of experts. These are the conclusions of a distinguished group of marine scientists who m [more]

2:47:04 PM Global Warming or Little Ice Age: Which Will It Be?
LiveScience.com - New York,NY,USA

Foukal believes that the effect of a solar minimum could help mitigate some of the global warming we are experiencing, though he warns that eventually the minimum will end. "It could mitigate partially if the sun does cool things a little bit, ... [more]

2:47:04 PM #US Supreme #Court Again Confirms #EPA Responsibility to Address #Global ...
Justmeans

Connecticut firmly underscored the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) congressionally mandated responsibility to address global warming pollution from power plants and other major pollution sources. The Court's opinion holds that a 2007 Supre [more]

2:12:46 PM Relax farmers: climate change is good for you (not)
Twin Cities Planet - Minneapolis-St. Paul,Minnesota,USA

By Brian DeVore, Loon Commons In 1989, I worked for a farm magazine that claimed global climate change, if real, would actually be good for agriculture since rising carbon dioxide levels would act as some sort of mega plant growth promoter. ... [more]

2:12:46 PM Green Funds In The Red
Motley Fool UK - UK

I'll jog your memory: F&C Global Climate Opportunities, Schroder Global Climate Change and the Virgin Climate Change Fund? I wrote about them here. Maybe they are fixtures in your portfolio, but I doubt it. During the last three years, F&C is down 3% [more]

11:44:50 AM Institute for Landscape Ecology of the University of Münster,
The Eggs - Xanthi,Greece

The responsibilities of this position comprise research, teaching, and service activities in the field of climatology, particularly boundary layer ... [more]

10:52:09 AM Get ready for summer repeat
570 News

"We're looking at models that say, for July and August, it will be slightly warmer than normal," says David Phillips, senior climatologist at Environment Canada. "And we generally think it will be normal to a little wetter than normal this summer. .. [more]

10:52:09 AM Better corn, bean production may offset losses in flooding river basin
DesMoinesRegister.com

State Climatologist Harry Hillaker reported above-normal precipitation for the week ending Sunday, with so far no flooding damage except for the Missouri River basin. "This was the eighth week out of the past 10 with greater than usual rainfall," he  [more]

9:00:20 AM Summer scorches coming, Mid-week temps to hit over 110 degrees
discussed ...

That's the message weather Web sites and regional climatologists gave Monday as the high in El Centro teetered around 105 degrees. Accuweather.com has issued an excessive heat watch in effect from Wednesday morning through Wednesday evening for ... [more]

9:00:20 AM Climate an issue too important to dismiss
Staunton News Leader - Staunton,VA,USA

Mr. McCloskey is a bright and informed observer, so I was dismayed to read in his commentary that he thinks that he, although lacking a scientific background, knows more than the 90-some percent of independent climatologists who have concluded that t [more]

8:06:54 AM Ocean life 'facing mass extinction'
Al-Jazeera - Qatar

Depleted fish stocks, dying reefs and "dead zones" among consequences of global warming and pollution, scientists warn. Pollution, global warming and other man-made problems are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine . [more]

8:03:13 AM Gardere Climate Change Lawyer Says Supreme Court Victory Leaves
openPR (press release) - Hamburg,Germany

openPR (press release) Connecticut is a victory for companies opposing public nuisance lawsuits seeking to redress global climate change, according to Houston environmental attorney Richard O. Faulk of Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP. However, he says, the  [more]

6:51:28 AM Rain Service Confirms Thunderstorm Season Is Here
Indiana Prairie Farmer

But there's a reason why climatologists like Ken Scheeringa in the Indiana Climate Office say climatologists usually use dates that start ahead of and end before official dates for seasons when calculating data and comparing one year to another. ... [more]

6:41:16 AM Climatologist say spring was hottest on record for Macon
Macon Telegraph - Macon,GA,USA

By PHILLIP RAMATI - pramati@macon.com State climatologist David Stooksbury of the University of Georgia said Monday that in the 63 years of data he has at his disposal, the average high temperatures in the spring of 2011 soared higher in Macon than i [more]

6:41:16 AM Students should prepare for active hurricane season
LSU The Reveille - Baton Rouge,Louisiana,USA

University climatologist and WAFB chief meteorologist Jay Grymes teaches a Junior Community Emergency Response Team class to ensure locals are “Red Stick Ready” this hurricane season. Mayor-President Melvin "Kip" Holden declared last Saturday "Red .. [more]

5:18:30 AM CAS Provides Climate Change Primer to Eighth Graders
BU Today - United States, MA

During the past school year, Pasquarella and her colleagues collaborated with local public school science teachers to inject their research into lesson plans about global climate change. Pasquarella brought her remote sensing and satellite imaging .. [more]

3:42:22 AM Where Our Wet Weather is Coming From
Valley News Live

North Dakota State Climatologist Dr. Adnan Akyuz says it's caused by a record amount of water standing in rivers, lakes and soil is going straight into the atmosphere. "The reason why we have a wet period, and extensive wet period this time of year i [more]

2:49:58 AM Call for United Action Against Climate Change
Energy Bangla - Dhaka,Bangladesh

Environment activists on Monday stressed that the world must come together to address the adverse impacts of the global climate change. They said this at a roundtable titled 'current science and technology landscape of climate change and environmenta [more]

1:56:09 AM Summer temperatures expected to be 'normal'
Truro Daily News

TRURO - The drenching central Nova Scotia has endured will give way to below normal precipitation for July and August, says a senior climatologist with Environment Canada. And David Phillips said Monday that the temperatures for the two months would  [more]

1:52:39 AM Justices Rule on Wal-Mart Discrimination, Global Warming Lawsuits
NewsHour - USA

In two major decisions Monday, the Supreme Court threw out the largest class-action lawsuit in history and rejected a global warming lawsuit against power compannies. Gwen Ifill discusses the rulings with The National Law Journal's Marcia Coyle. ... [more]

12:14:39 AM National Museum of the American Indian Opens "Conversations with the Earth"
PR Newswire (press release) - USA

... Indian presents "Conversations with the Earth: Indigenous Voices on Climate Change," a multimedia exhibition opening Friday, July 22, that explores the impact of global climate change from the perspective of 15 tribal communities in 13 countries. [more]

12:14:39 AM US Supreme Court Ruling Highlights the Importance of EPA Climate Rules
Clean Energy News (blog)

Earlier today the United States Supreme Court reaffirmed its 2007 ruling that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the authority to regulate greenhouse gases (GHGs) that cause global climate change. Unlike the 2007 decision in Massachusetts  [more]

12:14:39 AM Depleting forest cover could have grave impact
Times of India - India

The change in rainfall pattern may be due to global climate change. With the impact of climate change becoming stronger, we'll see changes in the monsoon pattern, but Western Ghats could serve as a huge forest reserve that will offset emissions and a [more]

12:14:39 AM Conservation groups urge members to oppose efforts to weaken Clean Air Act
The Missoulian

Carbon emissions, the chief greenhouse gas, are believed by many to be contributing to global climate change; one result of that is lower flows and warmer water in some streams. "When you start closing rivers down in August and September, ... [more]

12:08:43 AM Global warming alert as sea level rise said to be fastest rate for 2100
Edinburgh Evening News - Edinburgh,Scotland,UK

Scotsman By John von Radowitz Global warming is causing sea levels to rise at a faster rate today than at any time in the past 2100 years, according to new research. Scientists used the fossils left by tiny marine animals to record two millennia of s [more]

12:08:43 AM Scientists Now Predict a new Little Ice Age is Near
NewsReleaseWire.com (press release) - USA

The handful of scientists at the heart of the global warming hoax began to sweat and not from the heat, but because they knew their scheme, created and blessed by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) would soon be revealed. ... [more]

12:08:43 AM Oceans in distress foreshadow mass extinction
PhysOrg.com - Evergreen,VA,USA

Pollution and global warming are pushing the world's oceans to the brink of a mass extinction of marine life unseen for tens of millions of years, a consortium of scientists warned. Pollution and global warming are pushing the world's oceans to the . [more]



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